17th Bihar Assembly

Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar
Native name	Bihar Vidhan Sabha
Houses	Bicameral
Body	Bihar
Preceded by	16th Bihar Assembly
Succeeded by	18th Bihar Assembly
Term length	2020–2025
Election 1	(2024-2025)
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Nitish Kumar
Party 3	JD(U)
Election 3	(2020-2025)
Deputy Chief Minister (Deputy Leader of the House)	Samrat Chaudhary Vijay Kumar Sinha
Party 4	BJP
Election 4	(2024-2025)
Election 5	28 January 2024
Members	243
Structure1 res	300px
Political groups 1	Government (138) NDA (138) BJP (84) JD(U) (48) HAM(S) (4)^[1] IND (2) Official Opposition (105) MGB (104) RJD (72) INC (17) CPI(ML)L (11) CPI (2) CPI(M) (2) Other Opposition (1) AIMIM (1)
Voting system 1	First-past-the-post
Last election 1	2020
Next election 1	2025

The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar (Seventeenth Vidhan Sabha of Bihar) was constituted on 23 November 2020 as a result of Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2020 held between 28 October 2020 to 7 November 2020.^[2]^[3]

Composition

2022

Following is the former composition of the Bihar Legislative Assembly which is after some elected members changed parties, various by-elections and after Nitish Kumar left NDA and formed alliance with Mahagathbandhan on 10 August 2022.

Alliance		Party		Seats	Total
rowspan="7"	MGB		RJD	79	160
		JD(U)	45
		INC	19
		CPI(ML)L	12
		CPI	2
		CPI(M)	2
		IND	1
rowspan="2"	NDA		BJP	78	82
	NDA	HAM(S)	4		82
rowspan="1"	OTH		AIMIM	1	1

2024

Following was the composition of the Bihar Legislative Assembly after 2024 Bihar political crisis.

Alliance		Party		Seats	Total
rowspan="5"	NDA		BJP	78	132
		JD(U)	45
		HAM(S)	4
		RJD(Rebel)	4
		IND	1
rowspan="5"	MGB		RJD	75	110
		INC	19
		CPI(ML)L	12
		CPI	2
		CPI(M)	2
rowspan="1"	OTH		AIMIM	1	1

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name	Party	Alliance
West Champaran	1	Valmiki Nagar	Dhirendra Pratap Singh
	2	Ramnagar	Bhagirathi Devi
	3	Narkatiaganj	Rashmi Varma
	4	Bagaha	Ram Singh
	5	Lauriya	Vinay Bihari
	6	Nautan	Narayan Prasad
	7	Chanpatia	Umakant Singh
	8	Bettiah	Renu Devi
	9	Sikta	Birendra Prasad Gupta		<section end="West Champaran district"/>
East Champaran	10	Raxaul	Pramod Kumar Sinha
	11	Sugauli	Shashi Bhushan Singh
	12	Narkatiya	Shamim Ahmad
	13	Harsidhi	Krishnanandan Paswan
	14	Govindganj	Sunil Mani Tiwari
	15	Kesaria	Shalini Mishra
	16	Kalyanpur	Manoj Kumar Yadav
	17	Pipra	Shyambabu Prasad Yadav
	18	Madhuban	Rana Randhir Singh
	19	Motihari	Pramod Kumar
	20	Chiraia	Lal Babu Prasad Gupta
	21	Dhaka	Pawan Jaiswal		<section end="East Champaran district"/>
Sheohar	22	Sheohar	Chetan Anand		Switched from RJD to JDU<section end="Sheohar district"/>
Sitamarhi	23	Riga	Moti Lal Prasad
	24	Bathnaha	Anil Kumar
	25	Parihar	Gayatri Devi Yadav
	26	Sursand	Dilip Kumar Ray
	27	Bajpatti	Mukesh Kumar Yadav
	28	Sitamarhi	Mithilesh Kumar
	29	Runnisaidpur	Pankaj Kumar Mishra
	30	Belsand	Sanjay Kumar Gupta		<section end="Sitamarhi district"/>
Madhubani	31	Harlakhi	Sudhanshu Shekhar
	32	Benipatti	Vinod Narayan Jha
	33	Khajauli	Arun Shankar Prasad
	34	Babubarhi	Mina Kumari
	35	Bisfi	Haribhushan Thakur
	36	Madhubani	Samir Kumar Mahaseth
	37	Rajnagar	Ram Prit Paswan
	38	Jhanjharpur	Nitish Mishra
	39	Phulparas	Sheela Kumari Mandal
	40	Laukaha	Bharat Bhushan Mandal		<section end="Madhubani district"/>
Supaul	41	Nirmali	Aniruddha Prasad Yadav
	42	Pipra	Rambilash Kamat
	43	Supaul	Bijendra Prasad Yadav
	44	Triveniganj	Veena Bharti
	45	Chhatapur	Neeraj Kumar Singh		<section end="Supaul district"/>
Araria	46	Narpatganj	Jai Prakash Yadav
	47	Raniganj	Achmit Rishidev
	48	Forbesganj	Vidya Sagar Keshri
	49	Araria	Avidur Rahman
	50	Jokihat	Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam		Switched from AIMIM to RJD^[4]
	51	Sikti	Vijay Kumar Mandal		<section end="Araria district"/>
Kishanganj	52	Bahadurganj	Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi		Switched from AIMIM to RJD^[4]
	53	Thakurganj	Saud Alam
	54	Kishanganj	Ijaharul Hussain
	55	Kochadhaman	Muhammad Izhar Asfi		Switched from AIMIM to RJD^[4]<section end="Kishanganj district"/>
Purnia	56	Amour	Akhtarul Iman		None
	57	Baisi	Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad		Switched from AIMIM to RJD^[4]
	58	Kasba	Md Afaque Alam
	59	Banmankhi	Krishna Kumar Rishi
	60	Rupauli	Bima Bharti		Switched from JD(U) to RJD.
	60	Rupauli	Shankar Singh		Elected on 13 July 2024 in By-election 2024
	61	Dhamdaha	Leshi Singh
	62	Purnia	Vijay Kumar Khemka		<section end="Purnia district"/>
Katihar	63	Katihar	Tarkishore Prasad
	64	Kadwa	Shakeel Ahmad Khan
	65	Balrampur	Mahbub Alam
	66	Pranpur	Nisha Singh
	67	Manihari	Manohar Prasad Singh
	68	Barari	Bijay Singh
	69	Korha	Kavita Devi		<section end="Katihar district"/>
Madhepura	70	Alamnagar	Narendra Narayan Yadav
	71	Bihariganj	Niranjan Kumar Mehta
	72	Singheshwar	Chandrahas Chaupal
	73	Madhepura	Chandra Shekhar Yadav		<section end="Madhepura district"/>
Saharsa	74	Sonbarsha	Ratnesh Sada
	75	Saharsa	Alok Ranjan Jha
	76	Simri Bakhtiarpur	Yusuf Salahuddin
	77	Mahishi	Gunjeshwar Sah		<section end="Saharsa district"/>
Darbhanga	78	Kusheshwar Asthan	Shashi Bhushan Hazari		Died in 1 July 2021
	78	Kusheshwar Asthan	Aman Bhushan Hajari	Elected on 2 November 2021 in by-election
	79	Gaura Bauram	Swarna Singh		Switched from VIP to BJP^[5]
	80	Benipur	Binay Kumar Choudhary
	81	Alinagar	Mishrilal Yadav		Switched from VIP to BJP^[5]
	82	Darbhanga Rural	Lalit Kumar Yadav
	83	Darbhanga	Sanjay Saraogi
	84	Hayaghat	Ram Chandra Prasad
	85	Bahadurpur	Madan Sahni
	86	Keoti	Murari Mohan Jha
	87	Jale	Jibesh Kumar		<section end="Darbhanga district"/>
Muzaffarpur	88	Gaighat	Niranjan Roy
	89	Aurai	Ram Surat Rai
	90	Minapur	Munna Yadav
	91	Bochahan	Musafir Paswan		Died in November 2021
	91	Bochahan	Amar Kumar Paswan		Won in 2022 by-poll necessitated after the death of Musafir Paswan.
	92	Sakra	Ashok Kumar Choudhary
	93	Kurhani	Anil Kumar Sahni		Disqualified on 14 October 2022 after criminal conviction^[6]
	93	Kurhani	Kedar Prasad Gupta		Won by-poll in 2022.^[7]
	94	Muzaffarpur	Bijendra Chaudhary
	95	Kanti	Mohammad Israil Mansuri
	96	Baruraj	Arun Kumar Singh (politician)
	97	Paroo	Ashok Kumar Singh
	98	Sahebganj	Raju Kumar Singh		Switched from VIP to BJP^[5] <section end="Muzaffarpur district"/>
Gopalganj	99	Baikunthpur	Prem Shankar Yadav
	100	Barauli	Rampravesh Rai
	101	Gopalganj	Subhash Singh		Death of Subhash Singh^[8]
	101	Gopalganj	Kusum Devi	Won in 2022 bypoll
	102	Kuchaikote	Amrendra Kumar Pandey
	103	Bhore	Sunil Kumar
	104	Hathua	Rajesh Kumar Singh		<section end="Gopalganj district, India"/>
Siwan	105	Siwan	Awadh Bihari Yadav
	106	Ziradei	Amarjeet Kushwaha
	107	Darauli	Satyadeo Ram
	108	Raghunathpur	Hari Shankar Yadav
	109	Daraunda	Karanjeet Singh
	110	Barharia	Bachcha Pandey
	111	Goriakothi	Devesh Kant Singh
	112	Maharajganj	Vijay Shanker Dubey		<section end="Siwan district"/>
Saran	113	Ekma	Srikant Yadav
	114	Manjhi	Satyendra Yadav
	115	Baniapur	Kedar Nath Singh
	116	Taraiya	Janak Singh
	117	Marhaura	Jitendra Kumar Ray
	118	Chapra	C. N. Gupta
	119	Garkha	Surendra Ram
	120	Amnour	Krishan Kumar Mantoo
	121	Parsa	Chhote Lal Ray
	122	Sonpur	Ramanuj Prasad Yadav		<section end="Saran district"/>
Vaishali	123	Hajipur	Awadhesh Singh
	124	Lalganj	Sanjay Kumar Singh
	125	Vaishali	Siddharth Patel
	126	Mahua	Mukesh Raushan Yadav
	127	Raja Pakar	Pratima Kumari
	128	Raghopur	Tejashwi Yadav
	129	Mahnar	Bina Singh
	130	Patepur	Lakhendra Kumar Raushan		<section end="Vaishali district"/>
Samastipur	131	Kalyanpur	Maheshwar Hazari
	132	Warisnagar	Ashok Kumar
	133	Samastipur	Akhtarul Islam Sahin
	134	Ujiarpur	Alok Kumar Mehta
	135	Morwa	Ranvijay Sahu
	136	Sarairanjan	Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
	137	Mohiuddinnagar	Rajesh Kumar Singh
	138	Bibhutipur	Ajay Kumar
	139	Rosera	Birendra Kumar
	140	Hasanpur	Tej Pratap Yadav		<section end="Samastipur district"/>
Begusarai	141	Cheria-Bariarpur	Raj Banshi Mahto
	142	Bachhwara	Surendra Mehata
	143	Teghra	Ram Ratan Singh
	144	Matihani	Raj Kumar Singh		Switched from LJP to JD(U)^[9]
	145	Sahebpur Kamal	Sadanand Yadav
	146	Begusarai	Kundan Kumar
	147	Bakhri	Suryakant Paswan		<section end="Begusarai district"/>
Khagaria	148	Alauli	Ramvrikish Sada
	149	Khagaria	Chhatrapati Yadav
	150	Beldaur	Panna Lal Singh Patel
	151	Parbatta	Sanjeev Kumar		<section end="Khagaria district"/>
Bhagalpur	152	Bihpur	Kumar Shailendra
	153	Gopalpur	Narendra Kumar Niraj
	154	Pirpainti	Lalan Kumar
	155	Kahalgaon	Pawan Kumar Yadav
	156	Bhagalpur	Ajeet Sharma
	157	Sultanganj	Lalit Narayan Mandal
	158	Nathnagar	Ali Ashraf Siddiqui		<section end="Bhagalpur district"/>
Banka	159	Amarpur	Jayant Raj Kushwaha
	160	Dhoraiya	Bhudeo Choudhary		MGB
	161	Banka	Ramnarayan Mandal
	162	Katoria	Nikki Hembrom
	163	Belhar	Manoj Yadav		<section end="Banka district"/>
Munger	164	Tarapur	Mewa Lal Choudhary		Died on 19 April 2021 due to COVID-19
	164	Tarapur	Rajeev Kumar Singh	Elected on 2 November 2021 in by-election
	165	Munger	Pranav Kumar Yadav
	166	Jamalpur	Ajay Kumar Singh		<section end="Munger district"/>
Lakhisarai	167	Suryagarha	Prahlad Yadav		Switched from RJD to JDU
Lakhisarai	168	Lakhisarai	Vijay Kumar Sinha		Deputy Leader of BJP <section end="Lakhisarai district"/>
Sheikhpura	169	Sheikhpura	Vijay Kumar Yadav
Sheikhpura	170	Barbigha	Sudarshan Kumar		<section end="Sheikhpura district"/>
Nalanda	171	Asthawan	Jitendra Kumar
	172	Biharsharif	Sunil Kumar
	173	Rajgir	Kaushal Kishore
	174	Islampur	Rakesh Raushan Yadav
	175	Hilsa	Krishna Murari Sharan
	176	Nalanda	Shrawan Kumar
	177	Harnaut	Hari Narayan Singh		<section end="Nalanda district"/>
Patna	178	Mokama	Anant Kumar Singh		Disqualified in July 2022 due to criminal conviction^[10]
	178	Mokama	Nilam Devi		Won in 2022 bypoll Switched from RJD to JDU
	179	Barh	Gyanendra Kumar Singh
	180	Bakhtiarpur	Aniruddh Kumar Yadav
	181	Digha	Sanjeev Chaurasiya
	182	Bankipur	Nitin Nabin
	183	Kumhrar	Arun Kumar Sinha
	184	Patna Sahib	Nand Kishore Yadav
	185	Fatuha	Rama Nand Yadav
	186	Danapur	Ritlal Yadav
	187	Maner	Bhai Virendra Yadav
	188	Phulwari	Gopal Ravidas
	189	Masaurhi	Rekha Devi
	190	Paliganj	Sandeep Yadav
	191	Bikram	Siddharth Saurav		Switched from INC to BJP <section end="Patna district"/>
Bhojpur	192	Sandesh	Kiran Devi Yadav
	193	Barhara	Raghvendra Pratap Singh
	194	Arrah	Amrendra Pratap Singh
	195	Agiaon	Manoj Manzil		Disqualified on 16 February 2024 due to criminal conviction ^[11]
	195	Agiaon	Shiv Prakash Ranjan
	196	Tarari	Sudama Prasad
	196	Tarari	Vishal Prashant		Won in 2024 bypoll
	197	Jagdishpur	Ram Vishnun Yadav
	198	Shahpur	Rahul Tiwari		<section end="Bhojpur District, Bihar"/>
Buxar	199	Brahampur	Shambhu Nath Yadav
	200	Buxar	Sanjay Kumar Tiwari
	201	Dumraon	Ajit Kumar Singh
	202	Rajpur	Vishwanath Ram		<section end="Buxar district"/>
Kaimur	203	Ramgarh	Sudhakar Singh
	203	Ramgarh	Ashok Kumar Singh		Won in 2024 bypoll
	204	Mohania	Sangita Kumari		Switched from RJD to BJP
	205	Bhabua	Bharat Bind		Switched from RJD to BJP
	206	Chainpur	Mohd Zama Khan		Switched from BSP to JD(U)^[12]<section end="Kaimur district"/>
Rohtas	207	Chenari	Murari Prasad Gautam		Switched from INC to BJP
	208	Sasaram	Rajesh Kumar Gupta
	209	Kargahar	Santhosh Kumar Mishra
	210	Dinara	Vijay Yadav
	211	Nokha	Anita Devi
	212	Dehri	Fateh Bahadur Singh
	213	Karakat	Arun Singh		<section end="Rohtas district"/>
Arwal	214	Arwal	Maha Nand Singh
Arwal	215	Kurtha	Bagi Kumar Verma		<section end="Arwal district"/>
Jehanabad	216	Jehanabad	Suday Yadav
	217	Ghosi	Ram Bali Singh Yadav
	218	Makhdumpur	Satish Kumar		<section end="Jehanabad district"/>
Aurangabad	219	Goh	Bhim Kumar Singh
	220	Obra	Rishi Yadav
	221	Nabinagar	Vijay Kumar Singh
	222	Kutumba	Rajesh Kumar
	223	Aurangabad	Anand Shankar Singh
	224	Rafiganj	MD Nehaluddin		<section end="Aurangabad district, Bihar"/>
Gaya	225	Gurua	Vinay Yadav
	226	Sherghati	Manju Agrawal
	227	Imamganj	Jitan Ram Manjhi
	227	Imamganj	Deepa Manjhi		Won in 2024 bypoll
	228	Barachatti	Jyoti Devi
	229	Bodh Gaya	Kumar Sarvjeet
	230	Gaya Town	Prem Kumar
	231	Tikari	Anil Kumar
	232	Belaganj	Surendra Prasad Yadav
	232	Belaganj	Manorama Devi		Won in 2024 bypoll
	233	Atri	Ajay Kumar Yadav
	234	Wazirganj	Birendra Singh		<section end="Gaya district"/>
Nawada	235	Rajauli	Prakash Veer
	236	Hisua	Nitu Kumari
	237	Nawada	Vibha Devi Yadav
	238	Gobindpur	Md Kamran
	239	Warsaliganj	Aruna Devi		<section end="Nawada district"/>
Jamui	240	Sikandra	Prafull Kumar Manjhi
	241	Jamui	Shreyasi Singh
	242	Jhajha	Damodar Rawat
	243	Chakai	Sumit Kumar Singh		<section end="Jamui district"/>

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